I'm referring to the 10 year Treasury yield, since that's the vehicle currently used to finance the debt. Without intervention, interest rates...
I think it's less a matter of being able to pay the debt as it is the effects of increased credit costs at a time when the economy is still...
When the artificial suppression of interest rates (QE2) ends, interest rates rise to a point were equilibrium is reached with the equity markets....
The market, if left alone, sets interest rates quite efficiently. There's little political appetite for more quantiative easing which will most...
If you can settle your affairs and head into the mountains without the Government wondering where you got off to, you don't have the "mark"....
How do you function without a SSN number? :devil:
OH! You were serious. :o This is the first I've heard of anyone basing life decisions on the minutes of an FOMC meeting. :rolleyes:
The path "Japanese radiation takes over the next two years" could also determine who has kids. ;)
The end of QE2 and a pickup in the economy "could" produce a spike in long term interest rates in the June/July timeframe. A scenario such as that...
[IMG][IMG] [IMG] Ahhh!! ...fond memories of championships past. Camden Yards is still the most beautiful ballpark in all baseball!! :hail:
Since the 2010 Silver Proof set price adjustment has gone into effect, their sales have fallen off...below 2,000 sets per month. As of 29Mar2011,...
I've been trying to make the same point in some other threads, but no one seems to care...:headphones:
The IRS and Universal Healthcare are the "vast increases in government power" I believe you are referring to...not Fox News. Fox News specifically...
I would suggest that it doesn't take a lot of surplus supply to affect prices once demand is sated. Granted, that point may not be reached until...
Beautiful!! Those are museum pieces!
Cloud, in the previous post, you made no distinction between "intrinsic" value and "actual" value. I would go even further to say that "Actual"...
That's true...unless you measure wealth (as does the IRS) in US Dollars. You never know "for sure" how many dollars you're gonna get until you...
YES!! You get my point! I'm not talking about new exploration; I'm talking about our vast reserves that were too costly to produce at $2/Oz, but...
I agree...First Spouse coins are a STUPID investment...DON'T BUY...DON'T BUY!!! :cool:
The price of silver has increased 500% over the past five (5) years...are you saying that production costs have seen similar increases? :scratch:...
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